Association des Guides et Scouts d'Europe | |||
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Association of the Guides and Scouts of Europe | |||
Headquarters | B.P. 17 F-77570 Château-Landon |
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Country | France | ||
Founded | 1958 | ||
Founder | Jean-Claude Alain | ||
Membership | 26,600 | ||
President | Claire Verdier | ||
Affiliation | Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe, Conférence Française de Scoutisme | ||
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Website http://www.scouts-europe.org/ |
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The Association des Guides et Scouts d'Europe (AGSE, Association of the Guides and Scouts of Europe) is a Roman Catholic Scouting and Guiding organization in France. It was founded in 1958 and serves about 26,600 members. The organization was a founding member of the Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d'Europe and the Conférence Française de Scoutisme.
The association is divided in three sections according to age:
All local units are single sex, despite the association as whole being mixed. The AGSE runs about 25 Sea Scout units and around 20 Lake Scout units.
Sur mon honneur, avec la grâce de Dieu, je m'engage
à servir de mon mieux Dieu, l'Église, ma patrie et l'Europe,
à aider mon prochain en toutes circonstances,
à observer la loi scoute (guide).
On my honor and with the grace of God, I promise
to serve God, the Church, my fatherland and Europe,
to aid my neighbour in all circumstances,
and to observe the Scout (Guide) Law.